# Ricky (first name)

Source: https://namelineage.com/first-name/ricky/  
Publisher: Name Lineage. US counts from the Social Security Administration; England and Wales counts from the Office for National Statistics; meaning and etymology from Wiktionary. Data updated 2026-11-11.

| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Usually given to | boys |
| Origin | not recorded |
| Meaning | not recorded |
| Pronunciation | /ˈɹɪki/, 2 syllables |
| Nicknames | none recorded |
| Variant spellings | Rickey |
| US babies named this | 225,089 since 1880 |
| Boys / girls in the US | 223,145 / 1,944 (1% girls) |
| Babies in England and Wales | 1,604, 1996 to 2025 |

## Etymology

From Rick + -y.

## Popularity

The last 15 years of each series. A year is missing when too few babies were given the name for the agency to publish it: five in the US, three in England and Wales.

### United States, girls

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2007 | 9 | 12,448 |
| 2008 | 7 | 15,067 |
| 2009 | 10 | 11,312 |
| 2010 | 7 | 14,657 |
| 2011 | 6 | 16,367 |
| 2015 | 8 | 12,772 |
| 2016 | 8 | 12,653 |
| 2017 | 12 | 9,235 |
| 2018 | 10 | 10,412 |
| 2019 | 9 | 11,206 |
| 2020 | 11 | 9,421 |
| 2022 | 12 | 8,944 |
| 2023 | 7 | 13,184 |
| 2024 | 10 | 10,112 |
| 2025 | 15 | 7,420 |

### United States, boys

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2011 | 590 | 455 |
| 2012 | 592 | 459 |
| 2013 | 552 | 495 |
| 2014 | 540 | 518 |
| 2015 | 478 | 582 |
| 2016 | 448 | 602 |
| 2017 | 366 | 683 |
| 2018 | 368 | 680 |
| 2019 | 402 | 658 |
| 2020 | 366 | 697 |
| 2021 | 323 | 773 |
| 2022 | 292 | 836 |
| 2023 | 270 | 873 |
| 2024 | 302 | 828 |
| 2025 | 248 | 949 |

### England and Wales, boys

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2011 | 38 | 798 |
| 2012 | 42 | 765 |
| 2013 | 23 | 1,116 |
| 2014 | 26 | 1,061 |
| 2015 | 39 | 807 |
| 2016 | 25 | 1,123 |
| 2017 | 25 | 1,124 |
| 2018 | 21 | 1,235 |
| 2019 | 24 | 1,113 |
| 2020 | 18 | 1,379 |
| 2021 | 17 | 1,448 |
| 2022 | 15 | 1,609 |
| 2023 | 15 | 1,610 |
| 2024 | 12 | 1,951 |
| 2025 | 11 | 2,133 |

## People named Ricky

- Ricky Gervais, British comedian
- Ricky Álvarez, Argentine association football player (born 1988)
- Ricky Schroder, American actor
- Ricky van Wolfswinkel, Dutch association football player (born 1989)
- Ricky Ponting, Australian cricketer
- Ricky Walden, English snooker player
- Ricky Jay, American magician and actor (1946–2018)
- Ricky Skaggs, American musician, producer, and composer
- Ricky Berens, American swimmer
- Ricky Subagja, badminton player
- Ricky Pierce, American basketball player (born 1959)
- Ricky He, Canadian actor

## How to read these numbers

A count is babies registered with that name in that year, not people alive now, so a name common a century ago can have a large total and few recent births.